Tapes 'n Tapes are often compared favourably to Pavement, but Hang Them All finds them treading an entirely different route to the one they found themselves ambling along on The Loon.
A spiky immediate guitar riff introduces the song, before a jitterbugging snare runs away with it. It has to be said that vocalist Josh Grier certainly has the kind of voice you'd associate with mid 90's college rock, but as the song progresses he finds himself edging away from an apathetic delivery to something that is almost tinged with a gospel feel. Hang Them All is far closer to the likes of Gallon Drunk than Pavement. This may just be a throwback to the seething keyboards that cut across this single jostling through the mix to rule the roost and give Hang Them All the feel of a funeral in a Baptist Church in the deep South.
It comes as no surprise to learn that David Fridman is responsible for the production duties. It was his production that shaped the Mercury Rev album Deserter Songs and made it such an evocative piece of work. He seems to have worked a similar magic here with Tapes 'n Tapes.
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